Navy, TransPark reach $15M, 10-year pact

(The Center Square) – Maintenance and aircraft overhaul for the Fleet Readiness Center East will be supported at the North Carolina Global TransPark in Kinston.

The $15 million a year agreement with the U.S. Navy is 10 years in length and expected to bring 400 jobs to the eastern part of the state. Facilities are expected to be in use by July, with aircraft arriving in the fall.

Additional construction will complete the hangars next summer, providing 17 acres under roof.

“The innovative acquisition strategy the Department of the Navy executed in partnership with the state of North Carolina demonstrates how we can deliver lethal outputs – ready warfighters, platforms, and sustained readiness – at the speed and scale necessary to win our nation’s wars,” said Andy Napoli, U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Assistant Commander. “This hybrid mix of leased facilities and Intergovernmental Support Agreement aviation support services rapidly accelerates the delivery of critical aviation maintenance facilities.”

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